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THE BOOK OF MANTI
Chapter 6
Premium narration
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Mormon (or the recording prophet) explains why he preserves the names of the Three Nephite disciples—Nephi, Mathonihah, and Timothy—sons of Nephi, given names by revelation that foreshadowed their callings. He notes the Nem custom of bestowing multiple meaningful names and prophesies that latter-day descendants will need these names when emerging from spiritual Babylon, especially during a faltering restoration and a time when even the Lord's church becomes a stumbling block. The chapter then resumes Timothy's temple discourse on the Law of Chastity.
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He grounds monogamous marriage in the covenant by which Pa-Elowe and Shi-Elowe became Elohim ("They are One"), showing that creative power requires the joined work of Mother and Father. Plural marriage, homosexual practice, and sexual corruption are condemned as departures from this pattern, illustrated by wolves in the northern Nem lands and the temple narrative of the strong men. Special dispensations (Nephi slaying Laban; not Abraham's plural wives) are explained as rare exceptions requiring confirmation by the Holy Ghost.
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Disobedience brings generational disease, weakened bodies, and rejected spirits.
